Scorpio

Scorpio is a fixed water sign, the eighth of the zodiac, pictured as the Scorpion. Its ruler is Mars. It carries the energy of depth and transformation, the urge to probe beneath the surface and to feel things all the way down. The Sun moves through Scorpio from roughly October 23 to November 21. Where Scorpio lands in a chart is where a person seeks truth, intimacy, and the strength that comes from facing what others avoid. At its best the Scorpio temperament is intense, perceptive, loyal, and private. It sees through pretense, commits fully to what it loves, and can rebuild itself after loss with real regenerative power. That same intensity, when wounded, hardens into jealousy, control, secrecy, and a long memory for betrayal. Scorpio rules the reproductive and eliminative organs, and its key phrase is "I desire." Its work is to learn to trust and to release, so its depth becomes a source of healing rather than a place to store old grudges.